Leonor Odete Piuza (born 14 April 1978) is a Mozambican runner, who specializes in the

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. Piuza won the

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at the

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and finished sixth at the 2008 African Championships. She also competed at the

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. Piuza's personal best time is 2:01.71 minutes, achieved in June 2007 in Villefranche-sur-Saône.

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* 1978 births Living people Mozambican female middle-distance runners Commonwealth Games competitors for Mozambique Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games African Games gold medalists for Mozambique Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 All-Africa Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 All-Africa Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 All-Africa Games African Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) {{Mozambique-athletics-bio-stub